Hawg Wild Smokehouse & Taproom — Restaurant in Brevard

Just moved to Brevard back in January and this has become one of our favorite restaurants to eat at. In fact, we eat here so often that we consider ourselves "regulars" at this point. My only issue is that service is hit or miss. We have come in on some busy nights and still seated fairly quickly & received our order in a timely manner. There have been other nights where there weren't many customers, but had to wait quite a while for our drinks and food. There was a night that my order was wrong, but not to the point that it ruined my meal. Tonight we went and it was busy as expected on a Friday night. There was a hostess and she was trying her best with keeping up with things. We stood patiently waiting for a while. But, the entire time we stood there, nobody bothered greeting us, asking how many in our party, adding our name to the list, etc. When another party came in behind us, another staff member preceded to ask them those questions. When I attempted to point out that we were there first and have been waiting, she said "Oh. We'll be right with you" and went back to helping the other party. I assume she thought we were already on the list but we weren't and she wouldn't let me explain. She quickly walked off after helping the other party, who ended up being with another larger party already seated. After that, there were 3 staff members at the hostess station going over the seating chart, etc. Still no greeting, etc. Yet ANOTHER party walked in. They got the greeting,how many in your party, etc. My family still stood there without ANY acknowledgement. That was the point where we walked out. Doubt they even noticed. Basically, love the food, service is hit or miss but, most of the time, good. Please teach the staff to take a moment to LISTEN and also PAY ATTENTION to customers. I didn't mind waiting for a table. We were prepared for that. We weren't prepared for being ignored and simply brushed off when trying to point it out. We still plan on eating here often, but would like to see some consistency with...

We are locals who love to eat here. They have a variety of food that can please everyone in the family. Service is great, but sometimes gets bogged down because of the crowds. That's to be expected when you eat at a popular place. But the staff jump to help each other out and management pitches in when it's needed.

They have live music performed by locals on Friday nights. It's usually pretty good, but not so loud you can't have a conversation.

Love their BBQ, pretty good ribs, and I have two favs - the Greek grilled chicken salad, and when I want comfort food, their loaded baked potato with BBQ is the way to go! Now, I like "hot", so I always ask for the "hot" sauce from the kitchen. It's really just a bit too hot for comfort, but I mix it with their regular sauce to get that flavor I'm looking for with a little less 🔥 burn. Also, if you're not into butter spreads, ask your waitress for some real butter.

They have country-cooked sides and some of the best fries around. Great burgers, slaw, and hushpuppies, too. And please . . . leave room for some great, homemade cobbler! My husband never leaves without some blackberry or cherry cobbler topped with ice cream for dessert! Tasty, but not too sweet. Just right!

It's always clean, with well-maintained bathrooms, and now they've added another room with a bar to handle large groups and peak times overflow.

I don't think you can lose by taking the family to this wonderful place for some good eats! And say hello to the manager, Jonathan. He knows his stuff and if there's a question about anything, he'll fix it right up for you. If it's not too busy, he's always ready for a friendly chat.

Go Hawg...

Maybe I caught them on an off day? I was pretty excited to try this place because of all the great reviews. I just picked up takeout to bring back to my hotel. The gal that took my order on the phone was super friendly and answered a couple questions for me. When I arrived to pick up my order there were three girls at the takeout stand and none of them even acknowledged me standing there. They all walked off and about a minute later a different person came over and got my order. Before I left, I checked my bag and realized they forgot my coleslaw, butter, and sour cream. I went back inside and the girl was very apologetic and got those for me. When I got back to my hotel I realized that they also forgot my hush puppies! That was really disappointing because it sounds like everybody raves about them. For my meal I ordered the Eastern pulled pork and STL rib combo with a baked potato and coleslaw. The flavor of both meats was spot on and really great! However, the texture was terrible... The pulled pork was chewy and a little bit dry. Felt like it was overcooked. The ribs were the toughest I have ever experienced. Definitely no fall off the bone here. I literally had to tear them apart to get the bones out. Again delicious flavor, but the texture really ruined the experience. The coleslaw and potato were delicious! Though, no real butter provided but rather a "whipped spread" made of various vegetable oils. Also...still hungry after cleaning my plate. Not worth the $20 price tag. Don't think I would go back for a second attempt. I was overall really...